Here’s a link is to a brochure that includes details regarding the interfaith panel on death and dying (“The End…Or Is Is?”) on which I have been invited to participate March 25 at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches. Even more than sharing from a Muslim perspective, I hope to learn a lot […]
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“Last November the Malaysian government refused to release 10,000 Bibles it had seized because they contained the word Allah to refer to God…A few Muslims unfortunately went further and attacked churches, badly damaging some of them. Such actions are condemnable as they contradict normative Islam.” Appreciation to my friend Imam Enrique Rasheed of Jacksonville for […]
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My Dear Friend Mercedes, of the worldwide Christian movement the Focolare, shared this “Diary of a Buddhist” item. I am compelled to do the same. Folks constantly hear me expressing gratitude for the Focolare, for their late foundress Chiara Lubich, and for their Spirituality of Unity. The item below, from a Focolare Asia Tour blog, may again show why […]
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“We need to connect more with the history and the spirit of our brothers and sisters that preceded us in faith. Yes, I’m talking about the Christians. “Why do you think Imam Mohammed wanted us to have a relationship —wants us to have a relationship with the Focolare? I know he wants us and wanted […]
A different way of thinking about the Bible — namely through the lens of modern biblical scholarship informed by reason — is the premise of Thomas G. O’Brien III’s 15-week course at Bethesda-by-the-Sea. Each class is a treasure, thanks to his love of the richness of the Bible, his encyclopedic knowledge of its history and […]
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